❓ Mrs O'Malley asks about the impact of the new spinal outreach service at Fiona Stanley Hospital on spinal injury patients. The Minister for Health responds positively, outlining how the service will support patients' transition back into the community and promote independent living.
AnsweredQoN 624Legislative Assembly
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FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL —
SPINAL OUTREACH SERVICE
624. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the new spinal outreach
service launched today at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Can the minister outline to
the house how this new service will change the lives of spinal injury patients
across the state and support them in returning to the community?
SPINAL OUTREACH SERVICE
624. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the new spinal outreach
service launched today at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Can the minister outline to
the house how this new service will change the lives of spinal injury patients
across the state and support them in returning to the community?
AnswerView source ↗
I would like to thank the member for
the question; it is a very good one. This morning I had the opportunity to go
to the Fiona Stanley State Rehabilitation Service centre to launch the new
spinal outreach service. This service reflects our values about putting
patients first, which is about our health system adapting to the needs of
patients, �not patients adapting to the configuration of hospitals. I would
like to acknowledge the hard work of Hon Alanna Clohesy, the parliamentary
secretary, who has worked very diligently with the Department of Health to
discover and develop these new models of care. This essentially requires
outreach services to work with patients who are transitioning from the State
Rehabilitation Service back into the community after suffering a spinal injury.
For the 1 100 patients around Western Australia with a spinal cord injury, this
will involve the outreach service travelling back with them into the community,
whether it is into the supported accommodation environment or into their own
homes, and providing them with the support and the equipment that they need to
live as independent lives as possible. An important part of what we are doing
is saying that we do not want to institutionalise people: we want them to
benefit from returning to live in their homes, with their families and friends,
or in supported accommodation, rather than staying in a large institution. It
is designed to empower and support spinal cord injury patients to return to the
community after they have been discharged from the State Rehabilitation Service's
spinal unit. This $1.8 million initiative will allow those patients to have the
sorts of lives that they otherwise would have lived. It will act as a consultation
and advisory service, supporting patients to maintain their functional
independence and achieve self-management after the life-changing experience of
a spinal injury. I am very proud of this initiative. It really speaks to the
values of the McGowan Labor government, which are about putting patients first
and making sure that we adapt our services to the needs of patients rather than
making patients fit into a standardised hospital model.
the question; it is a very good one. This morning I had the opportunity to go
to the Fiona Stanley State Rehabilitation Service centre to launch the new
spinal outreach service. This service reflects our values about putting
patients first, which is about our health system adapting to the needs of
patients, �not patients adapting to the configuration of hospitals. I would
like to acknowledge the hard work of Hon Alanna Clohesy, the parliamentary
secretary, who has worked very diligently with the Department of Health to
discover and develop these new models of care. This essentially requires
outreach services to work with patients who are transitioning from the State
Rehabilitation Service back into the community after suffering a spinal injury.
For the 1 100 patients around Western Australia with a spinal cord injury, this
will involve the outreach service travelling back with them into the community,
whether it is into the supported accommodation environment or into their own
homes, and providing them with the support and the equipment that they need to
live as independent lives as possible. An important part of what we are doing
is saying that we do not want to institutionalise people: we want them to
benefit from returning to live in their homes, with their families and friends,
or in supported accommodation, rather than staying in a large institution. It
is designed to empower and support spinal cord injury patients to return to the
community after they have been discharged from the State Rehabilitation Service's
spinal unit. This $1.8 million initiative will allow those patients to have the
sorts of lives that they otherwise would have lived. It will act as a consultation
and advisory service, supporting patients to maintain their functional
independence and achieve self-management after the life-changing experience of
a spinal injury. I am very proud of this initiative. It really speaks to the
values of the McGowan Labor government, which are about putting patients first
and making sure that we adapt our services to the needs of patients rather than
making patients fit into a standardised hospital model.
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